Reducing Butt size

[cooldreamz83]

Hello,

I have successfully reduced 22 pounds of body weight.

The major part of the fat lies in the lower abdomen. waist and stomach is 33 inches.
I am having a hard time with reducing the fat in Butts., size 39 inches. I do cardio for one hour which mainly include treadmill and elliptical cross ramp. Please let me know what exercise routine should I follow in order to reduce the fat around butt.

Thanks

[SarahPT]

Hi there,
it's hard to say for sure with only minimal info about you. How is your eating? How you eat is number one in losing that fat.
By the way, great job on what you have lost so far.

Sarah

[cooldreamz83]

Thanks a lot. Its really hard to lose weight.
Eating schedule:


8 a.m. - Break fast: Cereals with fat free milk.

12 a.m. - 1 banana or an apple

1.30 p.m - Lunch- lunch is heavy. I usually eat a footlong sub or equivalent for lunch. I get aroung 800 calories from lunch.

I have a yogurt at 4 p.m.

I workout everyday for 1 hour. I mostly do cardio and rope jumping. I run for 20 minutes (2 miles) and workout on elliptical cross ramp. I target to burn 800 calories during workout.

stomach is reducing substantially but the progress on thighs and butt is slow.

I tried weights but I get too fatigued so I prefer cardio since I am used to it.

Thanks again.

[Boss Man]

8 a.m. - Breakfast: Cereals with fat free milk. (I'd add more protein here, like an Egg Yolk and a few Whites Scrambled.)

12 a.m. - 1 banana or an apple (Remove these, and go for small Fruits, as you'll get less likelihood of Fructose to Fat convesion in te Liver, with things like Grapes, Cherries, Blackberries etc etc, and lower Glycemic impact. Also eat this about 1 hour earlier, it's too close to Lunch)

1.30 p.m - Lunch- lunch is heavy. I usually eat a footlong sub or equivalent for lunch. I get aroung 800 calories from lunch. (Change this, go for something with Lean Turkey or Chicken, with Veg or small portion of Rice.)

I have a yogurt at 4 p.m. (Fine).

You need another meal at least, like something around 6PM-7PM, with Flesh and Veggies in it preferably. Your Calorie intake looks too low on a daily basis espeically without that, and you'll just use muscle for energy sometimes, which is detrimental to Fat loss.

[cooldreamz83]

Thanks for the help.
diet is pretty irregular. I travel a lot for work. Does skipping a meal have bad effect. I usually skip 1 meal the day I dont work out. What exercise routine should I follow in order to get good results.
I am thinking about reducing the body fat first and then build muscles. Is it a good choice.

[Boss Man]

No, have the meal on days you don't workout, if you skip it, you'll just cause Muscle to Fat conversion, and that's not desirable.

[SarahPT]

Try not to skip meals. The longer you go without eating the more your metabolism will slow down throughout the day.

A phase of losing fat followed by a phase of building muscle is a greta idea. Focusing on one at a time works well.

[felguard]

Do squats and lunges to target your glutes. Stairmaster is also a plus.

Do cardio after you weight lift, if you're still too fatigue, separate cardio and weight lifting into different days.

[Bella]

PT told me to aim between 5-6 small meals a day no longer than 3 hours apart as this keeps the metabolism working at all times.

As for workouts to tone and tighten the butt and thighs PT gets me to do a combination of squats and lunges using a combination of medicine balls and hand weights.

I really does work I have noticed a huge difference.

Also trainer told me on the days that I do weights training to do weights before cardio as the muscles will burn the glucose and then with cardio I can target the fat - I'm not sure if this is accurate or not but seems to be working.